Divvy Jyoti Jagrati Sansthan, a socio-spiritual organisation, and University Institute of Laws, Panjab University Regional Centre, Ludhiana, today organised a seminar on constraints in awareness and implementation of the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques Act at Punjab University Regional Centre, Ludhiana.
With national Census 2011 approaching, the experts and activists on gender and population issues are getting skeptical of what would emerge as the latest sex ratio.
As per the last census in the year 2001, sex ratio in the 0-6 age group has fallen to 896 girls per 1000 males, the lowest ever in a decade for the world, and second most populous nation worst hit is Punjab with Fatehgarh Sahib having a ratio as low as around 747 girls per 1000 boys.
The intellectuals while speaking at today’s seminar said though the Pre-Conception Pre-Natal Diagnostic Test Act had been enacted more than 16 years ago, the practice of sex determination and sex selection of foetus was not subsiding.
PCPNDT Act prohibits any pre-conception and pre-natal detection and sex selection techniques.
The seminar held presentations on legal, social and medical aspects of poor implementation and ignorance about PCPNDT Act. Harish Rai Dhanda, chief parliamentary secretary, chaired the programme.
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